foo.wp.dg.cx descriptive text "thumb|240px|A U.S. Marine artillery
forward observer in a tree to get a better view of the battlefield in
1942.]thumb|240px|British and French artillery observers of Langemarck
(1917)|Battle of Langemarck, 1917] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Artillery_obse" "rver"
That's not what the I (or the original author) expected.
It does handle Greenland correctly, so yes, it does work!
% host -t txt greenland.wp.dg.cx | fold
greenland.wp.dg.cx descriptive text "Greenland (\"Land of the Kalaallit\"; ) is
an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic
and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiograph
ically a part of the continent of North America, Green" "land has been political
ly and culturally associated with Europe (specifically Norway and later Denmark)
for more than a... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland"
On the other hand, Wikipedia redirects "cosine" to "sine and cosine", but host reports:
% host -t txt cosine.wp.dg.cx
Host cosine.wp.dg.cx not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
I see what you mean - the quoted "Greenland" text does not match the current form but does match the one ca. 2013.
It looks like FOO (all caps) redirected to Forward Observation Officer on July 2008, says https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FOO&action=histor... so there was a narrow window when your "foo" example worked as described, before you updated the dump to the then-new redirect.
I read the article and the slides. No where was it mentioned that this was to circumvent censorship.
A sibling comment to this one is about Florida (though, the author appears to be in London). But, the only places I’ve experienced Wikipedia being blocked is on airplanes (well, unless you pay, everything is blocked).
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 57.1 ms ] threadIt does handle Greenland correctly, so yes, it does work!
On the other hand, Wikipedia redirects "cosine" to "sine and cosine", but host reports:The database is circa 2013, so you’re exploring a nearly 11 year old summary of Wikipedia!
It looks like FOO (all caps) redirected to Forward Observation Officer on July 2008, says https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FOO&action=histor... so there was a narrow window when your "foo" example worked as described, before you updated the dump to the then-new redirect.
no seriously don't change it. nobody knows perl around here anymore
A sibling comment to this one is about Florida (though, the author appears to be in London). But, the only places I’ve experienced Wikipedia being blocked is on airplanes (well, unless you pay, everything is blocked).
Why do you think this is about censorship?